GRAMMY-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer sings The Rolling Stones classic “Wild Horses” to honor Don Was at the SFJAZZ Gala 2025. Joining Lisa onstage is SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard, guitar legend Bill Frisell, and members of the SFJAZZ Collective.

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Legendary bassist, producer and Blue Note Records President Don Was accepts the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award from Terence Blanchard at the SFJAZZ Gala 2025. In his speech, he shares how he first discovered jazz on the radio in Detroit, listening to Joe Henderson's "Mode For Joe," and how tha...

Actor and comedian Paul Reiser speaks about his history with SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don Was on stage during SFJAZZ Gala 2025. He relates the story of how Was helped create the theme song to his award-winning television comedy “Mad About You” and what he learned from the multi...

How SFJAZZ Education cultivates the next generation of jazz artists & listeners

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SFJAZZ reaches young people in many ways throughout the Bay Area and beyond. While access to the arts may not be equitable for al...

SFJAZZ presents another Jazz Minute – a brief look at important figures, movements, and moments in jazz history and the present day, in both the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world.

For the second Jazz Minute episode focusing on the history of jazz fashion, we discuss the transitional...

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An explosive GRAMMY-nominated quartet made up of forward-thinking artists including saxophonist Ben Wendel, keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, and drum...

Our Alone Together series is a celebration of spontaneous creation, presenting exclusive and unrehearsed duo performances captured live in the intimacy of the SFJAZZ Center. Whether they’re longtime collaborators or meeting on stage for the first time, these world class artists are improvisors of...

In a lively conversation with Terence Blanchard, pianist, composer and producer Patrice Rushen shares her perspective on the interconnectedness of all music. From Beethoven to Stevie Wonder, the Soul Train dance floor to improvisational jazz, she emphasizes that “it’s all one thing.” Blanchard al...